Should women be forced to get a doctors note to use the morning after pill?

Question

Here is a very interesting article on the topic.

http://medsocial.com/blog.aspx?blogaction=viewblog&show=346

Answer 1

No note should be required.

Answer 2

I think having to get a doctors note defeats the object. Some women are silly enough to not take precautions and yeah, they take it for granted that the morning after pill is available. On the other hand, things can go wrong even when you do take precautions and taking the morning after pill does prevent unwanted pregnancies. I guess another view in favor is that if a woman gets raped then she's gonna want to take the morning after pill to avoid the possibility of carrying a rapist's baby and having to go through getting a doctors note will be the last thing on her mind and could potentially prevent her from getting the pill and cause more harm than good.

Answer 3

No, women should not have to get permission from anyone to do what they choose to, to their own body. This is a personal issue, not a political issue, the blog/article displays an opinion about the mind set of the socialist right wing conservatives. The same bunch that remove children from homes only for a profit & strip parent of their rights, without consideration of the well being of the child. This is like saying that they know better than we do. Another example of how the political right want to control the population out of profit rather than the well being of the individual, is the proposed mandate of the HPV vaccine [supposed to protect girls from just 3 types of cervical cancer, when there are over 130, & offered protection for only 5 years] that "they" wanted to make mandatory for girls six years of age, when preventive measures are all girls need, pap tests, etc. This vaccine was proven to have contained a live cancer virus, plus aluminum & mercury. Yet they wanted to inject girls as young as 6, when the vaccine was not adequately tested. It was causing auto immune disorders in those that did get it, and who knows what it would do when the girl reached child bearing years! Parents in Texas objected to this mandate, just follow the money trail, Merck paid the governor of Texas $5,000 to push this vaccine. The cost of the vaccine was a series of 3 shots, at a cost of $250.00
each injection, times that by 3 ! , we figure that it was to cover monetary loss Merck suffered over Vioxx lawsuits, when over 10,000 patients died from heart failure caused by this drug, that you didn't hear about in the mainstream media. So, I believe they need to make this morning after pill available over the counter, and enclose a leaflet to explain side effects that way she wouldn't need to go hunting for an abortionist, or wait so long that she might do something drastic. It needs to be given out at a free clinic; It's no one's business but the woman that suffers needlessly, in silence, and there are plenty of them out there, as we are responsible for our own bodies. Our lives end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Answer 4

Yes absolutely, it's extremely harsh on their bodies because it initiates menstruation immediately- it throws off their whole reproductive cycle. That doctor's note is typically called a prescription, and is a common way for doctors to ensure that patients are getting the right quantities of the correct medications.

Answer 5

I don't think so, what if it's the weekend or if the doctor is busy and can't get you in right away, and why should a woman have to get a note- just to pay a doctor's fee?

Answer 6

I think the drug should be available OTC. It is relatively safe and effective and most doctors will prescribe it if you ask them to (I don't think there are any contraindications) so why waste everyones time, the doctor and the patient's, when you can just go to the pharmacy and pick it up?

Answer 7

That would be fair if all adult males were forced to get a doctor's note, before they purchased condoms!

Answer 8

absolutley not. as was said above, not unless you want men to get a perscription for condoms.

Answer 9

You mean a prescription?? Yes.